Tuesday, March 16, 2010

MisterMan gets honey shiso pork in this bento. The meat was marinated in cider vinegar, honey and julienned shiso, then grilled. The recipe actually calls for pork chops, but I used pork strips for ease of eating. You could also simply cut the meat off the bone after cooking as well. Next to the pork I packed roasted brussels sprouts and diced purple potatoes. The sprouts and potatoes were roasted side by side, tossed in olive oil and garlic powder, as per my usual custom.

15 comments:

interesting using cider vinegar for the marinade. read somewhere someone used it to poached eggs instead of normal white vinegar. do u drink apple cider vinegar solution - find the taste a little odd but everyone keeps telling me its good for the digestive system.

i LOVE the tang that vinegar adds to a marinade - bet that pork came out great, especially with the sweet fruit section to compliment it. and those pumpkin seeds have to be the daintiest, cutest st. patrick's day decoration i've seen yet :-)

Thanks KC - if you cut the sprouts, you can cook it faster, and if you toss with balsamic vinegar, it gets inside and tastes really good! Hope you can try it :)

Thanks Ingrid!

Megan, I love vinegar marinades too. Adds the sour tang that I crave. Thanks for the sweet comments as always! My shamrock details are so last minute! I'll have to plan better next year, esp. with all the ideas I got from you guys this year!

I came across your blog and it is just beautiful. You are a real artist with food! How in the world do you get your little boy to eat foods like this? Does he enjoy adult flavors like these all the time? I also wondered about the veggies, etc. Does he eat them plain, or do you have to include a dip for him? Excellent work mom!

Hi Wendy, Thanks so much for stopping by!Yes, my boy is a bit unusual in that he has quite mature taste buds! He has always eaten everything offered him, ever. These veggies are roasted with olive oil and garlic powder, which is surprisingly tasty just like that. Sometimes if there is a gravy/sauce with the protein, he'll dip the veg in that. I don't put too many plain raw veg, but he'll eat carrots and other crudite too.My philosophy is leftovers for bento. I'm not big on cooking/knife-wielding in the mornings! But I make my girl's bento during the mid-morning (after I've had coffee!). Also, with leftovers it's easy to make sure you have a balanced meal. You may not think of asparagus for school lunch, but why not? If it was good enough for dinner, it's good enough for lunch :)Hope this helps!

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I am a former research scientist turned stay-at-home-mom of 2 who got started with bento in an effort to help my kids learn that eating healthy and nutritious foods can be fun and cute. I make a bento lunch for my 14yo (9th grade) son & my 10yo (5th grade) daughter every school day, and post the pictures on my sherimiya ♥ flickr photostream. Here in this blog is where I describe each bento, and you'll also get a peek inside our family adventures. Thanks for taking a look, and please let me know what you think ^-^!